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Logitech QuickCam E2500 on Ubuntu Skype

I recently discovered the wonders of skype, and tried to get my new webcam working with it under linux, and of course this proved to be quite tricky. After much fiddling I eventually got it to work, hopefully these steps will work for you too.

Posted on August 13th, 2008 by Dave
Filed under: Linux | 13 Comments »

Laptop hard drive clicking in Hardy

Since I installed Hardy a week or so ago, I noticed the hard drive in my laptop was making a strange clicking noise every 5 seconds or so. At first I thought it must be slowly dying, and I was starting to get a bit worried, but then realised it seemed a bit suspicious that [...]

Posted on May 3rd, 2008 by Dave
Filed under: Linux | 2 Comments »